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pass1

UK: /pɑːs/ US: /pæs/

Translation

v [t, i]
(en el espacio)
pasar
You have to pass the market to go to the station
Tienes que pasar el mercado para ir a la estación
dejar atrás
(un examen, una ley)
aprobar
She passed her exams
Aprobó los exámenes
(un período de tiempo)
pasar
transcurrir
The time passed quickly
El tiempo transcurrió rápidamente
Three days passed, without any news
Pasaron tres días sin noticia alguna
Se usa cuando el período de tiempo es sujeto. Comparar con spend
(en deportes)
pasar
His team-mate passed him the ball and he scored
Su compañero le pasó la pelota y marcó
hacer un pase
v [t]
(un objeto)
pasar
Pass me a piece of bread, please
¿Puedes pasarme un trozo de pan?
dar
superar
His annual income passes the $20,000 mark
Sus ingresos anuales superan los 20.000 dólares
(en medicina)
echar
expulsar
to pass blood
echar sangre
to let sth pass
no dar importancia a algo
hacer caso omiso de algo
He let my mistake pass
Hizo caso omiso de mi error
pasar por alto algo
to pass master
alcanzar un nivel aceptable
to pass the time
hacer tiempo
to pass sth {around/round} sth [m] to pass {as/for} sth/sb to pass away to pass sb by to pass sth down to pass sth/sb off as sth/sb [m] to pass sth on [m] to pass out to pass sth up [m]Véase tb: to {go/pass} unnoticed; to pass the buck
(Definition of pass vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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